Liverpool City Council election, 1912

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Friday 1 November 1912.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	82
Liberal	??	??	??	31
Irish Nationalist	??	??	??	14
Labour	??	??	??	7
Independent	??	??	??	1
Protestant	??	??	??	1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1912
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	22					62%	20,564
	Liberal	6					3.2%	1,063
	Irish Nationalist	5					0%	0
	Labour	0				0%	22%	7,253
	Protestant	1					3.7%	1,230

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1909 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Lawrence *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Morley Miller	unopposed
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Jones *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Griffiths	1,339	64%
	Labour	Robert Donaldson	738	36%
Majority			601
Registered electors			4,176
Turnout			2,077	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Alfred Kelly *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Willcox Alsop *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Charles Huxley	2,012	70%
	Labour	John Frederick Bower	860	30%
Majority			1,152
Registered electors			5,747
Turnout			2,872	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Jaeger Clarke *	1,444	58%
	Labour	Arthur Hawkes	1,064	42%
Majority			380
Registered electors			4,744
Turnout			2,508	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Rutherford *	1,230	67%
	Labour	Robert Dixon	616	33%
Majority			614
Registered electors			4,197
Turnout			1,846	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis L'Estrange Joseph *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Garston

No. 30 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joshua Burrow *	1,127	60%
	Labour	Joseph Cleary	757	40%
Majority			370
Registered electors			2,270
Turnout			1,884	83%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Harrison Jones *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Muirhead *	656	55%
	Liberal	Dr. William Henry Broad	529	45%
Majority			127
Registered electors			1,607
Turnout			1,185	74%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Lowry Burns *	1,718	61%
	Labour	Arthur Kilpin Bulley	1,117	39%
Majority			601
Registered electors			4,712
Turnout			2,835	60%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Buckley	1,832	61%
	Labour	James Clayton	1,151	39%
Majority			681
Registered electors			6,401
Turnout			2,983	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Francis William Bailey	1,129	59%
	Labour	Alexander Broom	769	41%
Majority			360
Registered electors			3,772
Turnout			1,898	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	John Walker *	1,230	63%
	Conservative	William Edward McLachlan	717	37%
Majority			513
Registered electors			3,841
Turnout			1,947	51%
	Protestant hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Clancy	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Wilson Walker *	1,116	65%
	Labour	Joseph Mooney	588	35%
Majority			528
Registered electors			3,841
Turnout			1,704	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Jackson	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Wafer Byrne	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Philip Durning Holt	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Herbert Moore	1,382	72%
	Labour	James Murphy	535	28%
Majority			847
Registered electors			4,394
Turnout			1,917	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Alexander Cole	596	53%
	Liberal	Thomas Shaw	533	47%
Majority			63
Registered electors			1,605
Turnout			1,129	70%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Allan Paton	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Reynolds Rathbone *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John O'Shea *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Burke *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 3a Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Pritchard *	1,694	71%
	Labour	Harry Dixon Large	692	29%
Majority			1,002
Registered electors			5,181
Turnout			2,386	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Charles Herman *	1,436	72%
	Labour	John Lowry	549	28%
Majority			887
Registered electors			4,183
Turnout			1,985	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Bowler *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Parsons	1,136	57%
	Labour	William Augustus Colcutt	854	43%
Majority			282
Registered electors			3,673
Turnout			1,990	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Henry Parkinson *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury 2 November 1912
↑ (Liverpool) Daily Courier 2 November 1912
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1912-1913

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